Snow-skate.



I. E. uoRK.

sNow SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29. I9I6.A

)Patented Jan.. 23, 1917.

w@ Mm To all whom t may concern: f

i citizen, of the United J'OHN E. BUORK, 0F CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA.

SNOW-SKATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dran.. 23, limiti..

- Application lei August 29, 1916. Serial No. 117,475. l

Be it known that I, JOHN E. BUORK, a States, residing [at1 Charlottesville', in the county of Albemarle and State of Virginia, haveinventedz certain useful Improvements in Snow-Skates, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing. y The object oi my invention is to provide a skate comprising a runner of peculiar construction, and having attached thereto the trout end of a foot plate, adapted to oscillate vertically, to adapt itself to the various positions of the Askaters foot'.

Further objects of. the invention will ap pear in connection with the description of the construction hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is' to be had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters denote like parts throughout the several views.

Figure l is aside elevation of a skate constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is av bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the skate runner is shown formed of a single piece of metal compris, ing a iiat relatively narrow longitudinally extending ,ground engaging portion 1, upwardly curved at its front end, and u wardly bent sides 2 joined togetherat the1rupper edges to form the runner.

Between the ends of the runner, but nearer the front end thereof, the sides 2 are extended upwardly adjacent eachvd'ther to form as upport 3, and are then curved outwardly to either side as shown at 4, to form supporting plates. A -foot plate 5 of suitable shape and formed of spring material is riveted at its .front end to the plates 4, its rear end being free, and adapted to oscillate in a vertical plane. The sides 2 of the runner are also extended upwardly for Va short distance to form a support 6 beneath the rear end of the foot plate.

The shoes of the skates having been Secured to the foot plates in any approved manner, it will be seen that when the weight of the skater is placed upon the skate, the

'rear end of the foot plate will be bent down-y wardly and rest upon the support 6, but as theyskaters' weight is thrown forward inl making a stroke, the Ifoot plate, being-made of resilient material, will have a tendency to spring upward as shown in Fig. .1, theret by adapting the foot plate to the skaters ankles.'

I claim:

l. The'combination in. va skate of a runner comprising a ground engaging surface and upwardly bent sides joined together at their upper edges, the said sides being upwardly extended intermediate of the ends of the runner to form a support, the upper ends ,of the said extensions being outwardly turned to form supporting plates, a foot plate formed of resilient material secured to the said supporting plates atits front end, the sides of the said runner being -upwardly extended to .form a support beneath the rear end of the said foot plate.

2. A skate runner comprising a ground engaging surface and upwardly bent sides joined together at their upper edges.

3. ln a skate the combination with a runner having upwardly extending sides intermediate of its ends forming a support, the upper ends of the said extensions being outwardly turned to form supporting plates,y

of a foot plate secured to the said supporting plates and adapted to oscillate a ver-- tical plane.

4. ln a skate the combination with a run` the said support, and asecond support upon the said runner beneath the rear end of the said foot plate.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

JOHN E. BUORK.

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